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Tribe's bid for land to get hearing MIDDLEBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The Federal Bureau
of Indian Affairs will be visiting Middleborough to hold a hearing
regarding a Massachusetts tribe's plans for a casino. The visit is part of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe's
application to take into trust 540 acres on which they want to build
a $1 billion resort casino. The Middleborough site would contain a casino, hotel,
restaurants, entertainment venues, convention facilities, a golf
course and a water park. A BIA hearing scheduled March 4 in Middleborough will
be limited to testimony about environmental concerns. If the land is put in a federal trust, the tribe becomes exempt from state law, meaning it could open a casino and wouldn't have to pay state taxes. |
Friday Ousted tribal chief takes dispute to court Controversy at University of North Dakota Lumbees celebrate routing of the KKK |
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